Cool experiment tonight.. last Summer while Gabe was in Argentine , he  fell in love with a sweet glop called ‘Dulce de Leche’. The Argentines put it in or on everything.. and it really was delicious. I’d never heard of it.. but it reminded me of the ‘Leche Quemada’ we used ot get in Mexico.. that translates ‘burnt milk’.. and it turns out.. that’s just what it is !. Our freind Julietta is from Puerto Rico.. and she just gave us her grandmothers secret recipe for making dulce de leche . You start with a can of sweetened condensed milk.. You peel off the label..

 

 

and drop it in a pan of cool water… then you turn on the heat.

you boil the thing  vigorously .. unopened (!!) for an hour

then you let it cool a bit (we were impatient).

 

Then you open it.. and voila.. Dulce de Leche.. instead of condensed mile. you have this golden creamy goo that’s amazingly sticky and yummy..

 

 

the final test was to try it with ice cream

ironically.. or fittingly.. all we had was ‘dulce delish’.. a flavor based on dulce de leche..

 

it was a little differnt than argnetina.. but plenty good.. and almost magical to make..

try it yourself.. it brings a little sweetness to a part of the year that needs it..

 

at last for us it does..

 

nite all, nite sam

-me